Improvement in harness-makers  gages



D. G. GARLUGK.

Harness Makers Gages. N0.135,472, Patented Feb.4,1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT .'OEFIcE.

DEWITT G. GARLOCK, OF WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-MAKERS GAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,472, dated February4, 1873.

' To all whom it may concern:

screw for moving the head and handle of the gage, with device forholding the same stationary; and in the combination of the screw withthe gage-bar, all shown in the drawing and hereinafter described in thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a View ofthe reverse side of the gage. Fig.2 is alongitudinal section, taken on the line ma of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is asectional top view, and Fig. 4 1 represents a section taken on the liney y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters o'f reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the gage-bar. B is the cutter-head, in which is the knife or cutterC, fastened by the thumb-screw D. Eis the movable gage-head and handle,through which the gage-barpasses. F is a screw, one end of which entersthe cutter-head, as seenV at G. The other end is attached to theopposite end of the gage-bar by the box H. This screw passes through thegagehead E, and works therein as through a nut. The screw revolves, butis secured, by means of a shoulder andthe finger-wheell, in the box H,so that it has no longitudinal motion.

It will be seen that when the screw7 is 1e volved the gagehead will bemoved, and may be set in any desired position.-

J represents a series of holes in the fingerwheel I. This wheel is onthe end of the screw outside of the box H. K is a slotted bolt, which ismade to slide onthe gage-bar, the end of which enters one of these holesin the wheel when the gage-head is adjusted, and thereby holds the screwand head stationary. This bolt is confined to the under side of the barby means of a slot and screw and the bo'x H, through which the boltpasses.

This is a great improvement over the gage now in use, and its advantageswill be readi- 1y understood and appreciated by all who are engaged inharness-making, and in all opera-- tions where it is necessary to cutleather or similar material int-o strips ot' uniform width.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secureby Letters Patent- The gageh'ead E, combined with the screw F,swiveledrin cutter-head B, and provided with the perforated finger-wheelI J and the gage-bar having' slotted sliding bolt K, arranged as and forthe purpose described.

DEWITT G. GARLOC-K.

Vitnesses:

F. l). WILLIAMS, E. G. PUesLEY.

